Workforce Flexibility Promotes Employment of People with Disabilities

From the Huffington Post (10.29.10):

Workforce Flexibility Promotes Employment of People with Disabilities

by Robin Shaffert, AAPD Senior Director of Corporate Social Responsibility

As we look back on October's celebrations of National Work and Family Month and National Disability Employment Awareness Month, advocates for increasing workforce flexibility and advocates for improving employment outcomes for people with disabilities should recognize the progress we have made. To a far greater extent than a year ago, it is generally agreed today that creating a flexible workplace benefits all employees, but it especially benefits employees with disabilities.

We need to also recognize how far we still have to go to achieve the promise of equal employment opportunity for people with disabilities. A review of data from the American Community Survey presented in the Annual Disability Statistics Compendium 2010, released this week, shows that the percentage of people with disabilities who are employed, 35.3%, is less than half of the percentage of people without disabilities who are employed, 74.3%...

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Comments

[Jim Wrubel]

The largest impediment to many severely disabled adults is the restrictive design of many of the government supportive programs.

[phillip perini]

This is a step in the right direction!! I volunteer 2 days a week , @13 hours per week. My Neurologist is very clear re: I should not push the envelop , and work more hours. I am a double stroke survivor , and yes I feel a great sense of accomplishment and pride , contributing to my volunteer position at our local hospital.